Windows XP installations?

[X e n o n]

Anyone have any ideas as to where I can get an official and legitimate Windows XP Home Premium or Professional iso file?

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, X e n o n said:

Anyone have any ideas as to where I can get an official and legitimate Windows XP Home Premium or Professional iso file?

Dunno if they even distributed ISOs back then.

 

just buy a DVD probably.

[Crunchy Dragon]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Dunno if they even distributed ISOs back then.

 

just buy a DVD probably.

This.

 

Activating it will be a pain too, so watch out for that.

[TetraSky]

GetIntoPC.com could be a good place to find an ISO of Windows XP.

They have "stock" Windows and "updated" windows... And some "custom" windows too.

I've used that site when I needed a Vista ISO before, it worked just fine.

[SydneySideSteveSomewheres]

You may run into problems with your hardware not supporting the WinXP OS, as I "came by" an unused copy of Win XP Pro installation media (not a *.iso) but was unable to install it on my X99 motherboard due to newer hardware lacking driver support. The lack of a physical northbridge memory controller hub (MCH) was an example of such a driver issue that WinXP looks for upon install, however, if you have an AMD FX CPU your success may vary.

Through Windows support, I have previously gained access to a download of the 32-bit version when I had an OS registry corruption issue, as it was still available from Microsoft's DreamSpark platform in 2015-16, but that access has now been removed since support for WinXP has been dropped. 

 

Link:

What is Microsoft Imagine, formerly known as DreamSpark?

[X e n o n]

23 hours ago, TetraSky said:

GetIntoPC.com could be a good place to find an ISO of Windows XP.

They have "stock" Windows and "updated" windows... And some "custom" windows too.

I've used that site when I needed a Vista ISO before, it worked just fine.

will i have to worry about bugged installations? ive dealt with a couple of those before

[TetraSky]

8 hours ago, X e n o n said:

will i have to worry about bugged installations? ive dealt with a couple of those before

Only one way to find out.
But every ISOs I got from there worked perfectly fine.

[grss1982]

On ‎9‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 11:15 AM, X e n o n said:

Anyone have any ideas as to where I can get an official and legitimate Windows XP Home Premium or Professional iso file?

Have you tried torrents? Yeah, does have a risk factor though.  

 

But what's certain is MS Tech Support won't help since it's been retired since 2014.